The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-01-27
PENSION BILL OF INTEREST 70
EVERY SOLDIER AND SAILOR

that there need be no ,iukering with
the tar,ff this session. We have
passed Motsous pension bill, which
provides for the relief Of depeuden,
parents aud Lonorebly discharged
soldiers aud sailors who arc now
dependent upon their own labor for
support, and the Mexican pension
bill, both of which will take nearly
100000. l dou't think we want
any reduction of the taiif now
The sweeping portion of Matson's
bill is section 2, which | give in full,
becauso it 10 OF interest to every exN
soldier aud sailor, showing to what
they orc entitled, and i also give
seciion 3 OF tho bill, that those who
make claims under this bill may not
be swindled in its prosecution by
the unauthorized or unscrupulous
attorneys. The two sections are as
follows q.
Section 2. That oil persons who
served three months or more in the
military or naval service Of the
United States, in any war in which
the United States has been engaged,
and who have been honorably dis
charged therefrom, aud who are now
or who may hereafter be suffering
from mental or physical disability,
not tho result Of their own vicious
habits or gross carelessness, which
ihcapacitates them for the perform
ance of labor in such degee as to
render them unable to earn sup
port, and who are dependent upon
their daily labor for support, shall,
upon making due proof Of the fact
according to such rules aud regulaS
tions as the secretary Of the interior
may provide in pursuance Of this
act, be placed on the list Of invalid
pensioners Of the United States, and
be entitled to receive, for such total
inability to procure their subsistence
by daily labor, twelve dollars per
month aud such pension shall
commence from tho date of the fill
ing Of tue application in the pension
Office, upon proof that the disability
then existed, and continue during
the existence Of the same in the de-
gree heiein provided Provided,
that persons who are now receiving
pensions under existing laws, or
whose claims are pending in the
pension office, may, by application
to the commissioner Of pensions, in
snch forms US he may prescribe, re-,
csive the benefits Of this act but
nothing herein contained shall be
30 construed as to allow more than
one peGsion at the same time TO the
Same psrson or pension TO COM
mence prior to the passage Of this
act and provided further, that
rank in the service shall not be con-
sidered in applications filed there
under.
Section 3, That no agent, attol-
ney, or other person instrumental il
the presentation aud prosecution Of
claim under this act shall demand
or receive for bis services or instr u
mentality in presenting end prose.
cutting such claim sum greater
than five dollars, payable only upon
the order OF the commissioner OF
peusious, by the pension agent,
making payment of the pension
allowed except in cases heretofore
prosecuted before the pension Office,
when, in the discretion Of the com.
missioner Of pensions, fee OF SIC
may be allowed in like manner tc
the agent or attorney Of record in
the case at the date Of the passage
Of this act; aud any agent, attorney
Cr other person instl umental in the
prosecution Of claim under this
act who shall demaud or receive 0
sum greater than that herein pro.
yided for, for his services in the
prosecution Of the claim, shall be
subject to the same penalties as de.
scribed in section four Of the act o.
July.4, 1854 entitled, AN act making
appropriations for the payment 0,
invalid aud other pensions Of the
United States for the fiscal year
June 80, 1885 and for other pur.
poses
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